The Decathlon Association

March 2018

March 30, 2018

DECA Newsletter #13 provides coverage of the final March, 2018 (and Easter) weekend. The major news comes from the Texas Relays in Austin with athletes dodged thunderstorms and posted surprisingly good totals. Wichita State senior Hunter Veith, 23, Cheney, KS (left) became the 77th American to post an 8000 point total (8046). ,Solomon Simmons (7946) and Scott Filip (7876) also put up noteworthy numbers. The feature next week shapes up to be the Sam Adams affair at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. CLICK HERE VolumeXXXXIIINumber13March5 2018

March 25, 2018

This new Results Page is the first of the 2018 season and provides details for the first 20 decathlon meets. The top early season score belongs to Texas -San Antonio senior Adrian Riley whose 7437 windy effort won the Roadrunner Invt. The season is set to heat up next week with a large field at the Texas Relays. CLICK HERE 2018 Outdoor Results

DECA Newsletter # 12 provide early season coverage of the 2018 outdoor season which has been underway since mid-February. The top score belongs to Texas-San Antonio senior Adrian Riley (left), a Jamacian who rode a 7.80m/25-7 1/4 long jump to the win. Twenty meets have been held and the season is likely to pick ups steam next week as the Texas Relays sports a quality field. CLICK HERE VolumeXXXXIIINumber12March(4) 2018

March 10, 2018

DECA Newsletter # 11 offers 2nd day coverage of the 15th NCAA I indoor Heptathlon from College Station, Texas where Kentucky junior Tim Duckworth (left) pasted a good field but the field itself was a major part of the tale. Duckworth's winning 6188 score makes him the # 4 all time collegian. Three exceeded 6000. The field produced PR after PR...9 of the first ten final scores were career bests and more than one third of all the individual performances were lifetime bests in a remarkable meet, Elsewhere, Colorado Mesa redshirt junior Spencer Jahr and Will Daniels of Central (IA) won the NCAA II and III crowns. Meet details for I, II and III provided. CLICK HEREVolumeXXXXIIINumber11March(3) 2018

DECA Newsletter # 10 provides first day coverage of the 15th NCAA I indoor Heptathlon from College Station, Texas where Kentucky's Tim Duckworth has a stranglehold on the field after four events (3601 score!!) and where Sam Houston State senior Tyler Adams (left), Buffalo, TX, set a new meet record in the high jump at 2.20m/7-2 1/2. Minimal reports from the D-II meet and D-III meet with first day results are included. CLICK HERE VolumeXXXXIIINumber10March( ) 2018

March 03, 2018

This New Results Page offers details of the IAAF World Championships from Birmingham, UK where France's Kevin Mayer narrowly outlasted Canadian Damian Warner, Results of the NAIA, IC4A and NJCAA meets are also provided. CLICK HERE 2018 Indoor Results

DECA Newsletter # 9 provides coverage of the IAAF World Indoor Championships from Birmingham, UK. There 26 year old Kevin Mayer of France (left) edged 28 year old Canadian Damian Warner in the closest heptathlon finish on record. American Zach Ziemek was 6th overall. Two nationals were conducted over the weekend, the first of March, 2017. Garden City's Denim Rogers was an upset winner at NJCAA while Vangaurd's Winston Lawson was the NAIA champ. The NCAA champs (I, II and III) will be held next weekend. CLICK HERE VolumeXXXXIIINumber9March(1) 2018